Search the web

Publishing schedule

6/2020 – Evaluation in Social Work 1/2021 – ERIS Journal - Winter 2021 - Forced Migration and Minority Groups 2/2021 – 3/2021 – 4/2021 – ERIS Journal - Summer 2021 - Histories of social work

… all planned issues

Issues

Issues » 2011/2 - Psycho-Social Connection at Disadvantage Children »

Stereotyped Ideas of Mother’s and Father’s Role of Child Protection Workers, Reasons and Impacts: The Example of Great Britain, Canada and Israel

Ivana Lyócsa

Abstract:
The results of British, Canadian and Israeli child protection practice studies indicated that social workers had gender stereotyped ideas of female and male role within child care. These ideas have negative impact on mothers, fathers or children: 1. the responsibility for childcare and protection of children is generally expected only in the case of mothers, 2. the potential of fathers is not utilized and 3. the risk presented by fathers for their children and/or mother is ignored. Using results from these studies, the goal of this paper is to present how social workers’ gender-biased constructions of parenthood (motherhood and fatherhood) affect work of social workers with families.

Keywords:
constructions of parenthood (motherhood and fatherhood), gender differentiated approach, child protection, social worker

Related papers

Formal Support of Parents with Intellectual/Mental Disabilities as Perceived by Social Workers
Social Workers of Social and Legal Child Protection Department and Lesbian Biological Mother
The Role of Social Workers in Regards to Parents’ Attitudes to the Treatment of Child Enuresis
Assessment Perspectives in the Social and Legal Protection of Children
Changes in Substitute for Family Care